Homebirth planned, told I need to have him in hospital.

[PollyBlue6]

I'm just abit gutted.

I'd got my heart set on a homebirth/water birth. Everything was OK.

Went for my last growth scan today to be told the fluid is still slightly raised and he's measuring big (8lbs 2) and I'm 39 weeks and they advise I have him in hospital because of the risks (cord prolapse, bleeding afterwards etc) and they want to monitor him when I'm in labour.... even though at my other growth scan it was okayed I have a homebirth and even though the fluid was raised, it was only slight.

I had PND with my 1st and it set in when I was in overnight as I was in so much pain.
Birth number 2 was great because I didn't have an overnight stay.

I was diagnosed with depression last year and terrified it's going to flare my PND up again, which was one of the reason for a homebirth.

I'm not even allowed a waterbirth either.

Has anyone got any positive stories of a complete change of birth plan but ended up being OK?

You can have your homebirth it is your choice! Growth scans are notoriously not accurate. I am also going for a homebirth. I have a growth scan at 36 weeks and expect them to say my baby is big. Guess what, woman birth big babies at home just fine!

I had a plan and none of it happened...you just don't know how things are going to go. And it's completely OK! In hindsight I don't really want to remember the whole lead up to the birth...the moments after and what follows sticks more in my memory for all my children :)

It meant that for me in 2018, too, @snowdropsandcrocuses - I found that, a bit like the provision of anaesthetists for epidurals, what a hospital has in theory isn't always what it can offer you when you actually need it... I'm sure the hospital I gave birth in did have continuous monitors that allowed free movement, as they claimed, but I didn't encounter anyone who'd had one!

I had my homebirth assessment the other day and she said there's a baby boom where we are (lockdown babies!) And they are rushed off their feet so getting 2 midwives out seemed abit of a stretch and they could be delayed that mixed with the poor access to our road if I needed an ambulance due to if I bleed..it just seems more stressful than being in hospital

I posted on another thread too and I've found out alot of things I didn't know I could ask for, somone posted I can ask to be discharged within 6 hours (aslong as it goes smoothly!) I'm going to ask about the intermittent monitoring and the waterproof equipment aswell as the MH team regarding my PND.

It doesn't seem as rubbish now knowing I have choices.

You need to speak to a consultant or head of midwifery at your hospital. Them saying you aren't allowed things is nonsense your baby , your birth. All hospitals now should have wireless monitoring that you can go in the water with